US government cracks down on bulletproof hosting provider helping to prop up cybercrime gangs

The US government has identified and sanctioned a Russia-linked BPH provider Britain’s National Crime Agency helped identify a UK front The sanctions might not affect Russian attackers Aeza Group, a Russian bulletproof hosting provider, and four affiliates have been sanctioned by the US government for supporting ransomware and cybercrime, marking the second time this year…

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At Least 104 Dead As White House Responds

Topline Over 100 people—including 28 children—have been killed in what the White House has called a “once-in-a-generation natural disaster” in central Texas as attempts to place blame for the high death toll rage on. Members of a rescue team look for missing people on the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas. AFP via Getty Images Key…

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Workplace misconduct and discrimination NDAs to be banned

Zoe Conway Employment correspondent, BBC News Getty Images Employers will be banned from using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to silence victims of workplace sexual misconduct or discrimination, the government has said. An amendment to the Employment Rights Bill, which is expected to become law later this year, will void any confidentiality agreements seeking to prevent workers…

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NFL, NBA, MLB teams pool together donations for Texas flood recovery efforts as death toll spikes

Professional sports teams and leagues combined to provide millions of dollars in donations to those impacted by the devastating and deadly floods in central Texas, which thus far have killed at least 95 and left dozens more unaccounted. The Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and NFL Foundation were the first to announce their philanthropy and pooled together…

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Why don’t we trust technology in sport?

So why don’t we trust this kind of tech more? One reason is a collectively very strong, in-built sense of “fairness”, argues Professor Gina Neff from Cambridge University. “Right now, in many areas where AI is touching our lives, we feel like humans understand the context much better than the machine,” she said. “The machine…

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